I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better then the bad.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
What a great blessing is a friend with a heart so trusty you may safely bury all your secrets in it.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
There is about wisdom a nobility and magnificence in the fact that she doesn't just fall to a person's lot, that each man owes her to his own efforts, that one doesn't go to anyone other than oneself to find her.